{"id":210,"date":"2022-07-13T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/?p=210"},"modified":"2022-07-13T08:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:23:20","slug":"camikaze-kid-episode-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/13\/camikaze-kid-episode-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Camikaze Kid &#8211; Episode 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/episode-8-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/episode-8-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/episode-8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/episode-8-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/episode-8-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/episode-8.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Camikaze Kid was the eighth and penultimate episode of Quantum Leap&#8217;s first season to air, with Sam finding out what it means to be an unpopular 17-year old in 1961 as he tries to keep his sister from making a terrible mistake. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the depressing endurance of toxic masculinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Camikaze Kid &amp;#8211; Episode 8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-07-13T07:30:00+01:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The eighth episode of season 1. Sam leaps into a boy racer with a big sister on the verge of making the biggest mistake of her life.\n\n\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep08-camikazi-kid.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"42.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8332\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-210-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep08-camikazi-kid.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep08-camikazi-kid.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep08-camikazi-kid.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep08-camikazi-kid.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/?powerpress_pinw=210-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep08-camikazi-kid.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"leaphome-ep08-camikazi-kid.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-leap-home\/id1616859100?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1qEaL7VtFOn5wONQdYi8kq\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.co.uk\/podcasts\/c5dd4131-a2ea-46cb-ba8a-426a2c86cd27\/the-leap-home\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>Arriving in the middle of a drag race, Sam and his &#8216;mom-mobile&#8217; come in a distant second place and he is made to hear all about it by his future brother-in-law Bobby (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinspirtas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Blair \/ Spirtas<\/a>) and his group of hangers-on led by Pencil (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Priestley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jason Priestley<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam learns from Al that Bobby intends to destroy his sister Cheryl&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/romy-walthall-actress-in-face-off-and-camp-nowhere-dies-at-57-1234961646\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Romy Windsor \/ Walthall<\/a>) dreams and force her to drop out of the Peace Corps before trapping her in an abusive marriage. Recalling his guilt from his failure to save his own sister from a similar fate, he sets out to protect Cheryl at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Camikaze Kid<\/em> was directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/bionic.fandom.com\/wiki\/Alan_J._Levi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alan J. Levi<\/a>, the first of his six episodes for the show. The teleplay was written by Paul Brown, the first of thirteen scripts he wrote for the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Gerry and Iain considered age-appropriate casting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion continues in the comments below and please keep in touch with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/leaphomepodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theleaphome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leaphomepodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to the show here on the website, on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-leap-home\/id1616859100?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1qEaL7VtFOn5wONQdYi8kq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7YSRg1N8zZk&amp;list=PLCILaj2ibVvN0_1yJfLKbD5DbUmIIMYs1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/ak1maqxq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pocket Casts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/plfNy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/listen.stitcher.com\/yvap\/?af_dp=stitcher:\/\/show\/695426&amp;af_web_dp=https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/695426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVsZWFwaG9tZS5jb20vaW5kZXgucGhwL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google<\/a> or wherever you find your podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Camikaze Kid<\/em> was released in 1989. 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